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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Canada Lookup Request => Topic started by: kimhughes on Tuesday 11 September 07 18:21 BST (UK)
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Would anyone be able to look up a birth of Catherine Pollard born about 1880 +/- 5 years in Halifax Nova Scotia. Her father was William Charles Pollard. Or point me in the right direction. Thanks. Kim
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www.novascotiagenealogy.com/ has births 1864-77, marriages 1864-1930 & deaths 1864-77 1908-55. (you can view scanned images of the actual records)
www.automatedgenealogy.com has 1901 & 1911 census.
if you don't have any luck let us know as there are other sources that might help.
P.S. if she died in N.S. between above dates and was married check under married surname as certificate should give birthdate, parents, etc.
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Thank you for your reply but I still can't find her. Her father was british and they lin 1901 she is back living in uk but census shows she was born in Halifax Nova Scotia. Is there a census I can access?
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Don't see her in births (1864-77) either. 'Halifax' can refer to the city, the county or even the area.
1881 Canadian census at www.familysearch.org (but I couldn't see a William Pollard there)
You can try this site:
www.rootsweb.com/~nshalifa/passenger_lists.html
Lots of pages to go through (and link to 1891 census actually takes you to 1901 instead)
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There were only 6 Pollard's in Canada in 1881
Charles T POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Male
Birth: 1831
Prince Edward Island
Harriet POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Female
Birth: 1831
Nova Scotia
Edith M POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Female
Birth: 1861
Nova Scotia
Charles G POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Male
Birth: 1863
Nova Scotia
Kate A POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Female
Birth: 1866
Nova Scotia
Harry POLLARD
Nova Scotia
Gender: Male
Birth: 1868 Nova Scotia
1901 Census
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/
Nova Scotia
Pollard Charles G.
Pollard Edna
Pollard George
Pollard Harriot
Pollard Harry
Pollard Herbert
Pollard Ida M.
Pollard W A
McAlpine's Maritime Provinces Directory for 1870-71
(I couldn't find them)
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=1278
Maybe some of these links can help.
Nova Scotia Genealogy Network
http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/
Nova Scotia Genealogy
http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/nova-scotia.html
Churches and Cemeteries of the Maritimes
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/chancem.htm
Nova Scotia Resources
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/ns.htm
Nova Scotia GenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canns/
Janice
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Thank you for your time and trouble. Catherine Pollard is on the uk 1901 census but by this time she is married Catherine Blissett but her place of birth says Nova Scotia. She seems a bit of a mystery but thank you all for your help. Her father was Captain William Charles Pollard (Merchant Service) - we can't find him either.
Thanks again for all your help.
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As her father was in the Merchant Service, you should check in England for her birth, even though she was born in Canada.
Janice
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Hi This is really for Janice ref post of 2005,
I know that a few years have passed since your posts on the POLLARDS of Nova Scotia. I've hit a real wall...Looking for William Pollard born Nova Scotia 1819/20 perhaps in Halifax. His mother Mary, (nee Strathern or Strathearn) father also William Pollard both Scottish (I think).
Young William, my GGGF 'returned' to Scotland as a young man, married Elizabeth Mcpherson and settled in the Torphicen/Armadale area near to Edinburgh. He in turn had a son William.
Nova Scotia William died at the age of 79/80 years of age and is buried in a 'lair' in Schotts churchyard near to Armadale.
My mother's really getting on now and due to a family glitch knows nothing of her past...can you help?
best wishes
sheila
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Hi Sheila
There isn't alot of hope in finding a birth record form 1819/1820. You might want to check some of the census transcriptions that are available.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nshalifa/census.html
There are some other links that may help in one of my earlier postings, as well as
Rootschat - Canadian Resources - Nova Scotia
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,224493.0.html
Hope this is of some help.
Janice
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Hi Janice,
Thanks...I'd already used all your links and trawled through hours of passenger lists and census etc etc.
My problem is ofcourse having little to go on!
I think he may have been born in Halifax this was from a strange reference I found on a scottish census later in his life stating he was born in 'Daridace' which ofcourse does not exist...I have presumed that this was down to a 'bad recorder', misunderstanding the local Scottish accent.
Thanks for your help though...
I thought I'd made a breakthrough when you said there were only 6 left in 18??, thinking you must be able to take that back a generation or two.
C'est la vie!
Kind regards
Sheila
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Could he have meant Paradise, Nova Scotia? (Just a thought.)
Paradise is in the Annapolis County.
It might be an idea to ask the Annapolis Valley Regional Library if they could help.
http://www.valleylibrary.ca/
Also Western Counties Regional Library
http://www.westerncounties.ca/index.html
You could also try the Heritage Centre.
http://annapolisheritagesociety.com/genealogy-holdings-histories.html
History of the County of Annapolis
http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcountyo00calnuoft
Acadia University Library
http://library.acadiau.ca/
Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum Archives
http://www.novascotia.com/en/home/discovernovascotia/history/routestoyourroots/archives/default.aspx
You might also want to check the telephone listings for the area.
http://www.canada411.ca/
Not sure if there is much here, but worth a try.
http://news.google.com/newspapers
Janice
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Cheers Janice...you're a star, i'll be sure to let you know if I have any success!
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Good Luck! :)